medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
At 2:48 PM -0800 5/24/04, Terrill Heaps wrote:
>Henry VIII and the Continental (Protestant) Reformers did not use
>the word "catholic"
>in the same manner. Or, the word "protestant," for that matter.
>Remember, Henry was
>given the title "defender of the faith" (fidei defensor) by Pope Leo
>X, in 1521,
>because of Henry's book against Lutheranism. As long as Henry was
>alive, the Mass
>continued to be celebrated in Latin. By the way, in England the word
>"protestant" meant
>"Catholic but not papal," whereas on the Continent the word "protestant" meant
>non-Catholic.
Hmmmmm. It's been suggested to me that if asked something like "What
sort of Christian are you?" -- and with sufficient explanation given
so that they understood what was being asked -- a late 16th-century
member of the Anglican communion would very likely have said,
"Catholic, of course: that is to say, English Catholic."
Comments?
Do we have any handy 16th-century citations of self-descriptions like this?
It sounds rather like such a person could have described himself as
both "protestant" and "catholic" (but not Roman). A bit mind-boggling
to those used to the modern usages!
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